Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-17

g. 49, s1N 1880 SSN. -
G A. r. fair committee.
Judge Roberts became excited yes
terday in showing the city to a stranger
and iold him the city artesjsn. vel
flowed 100000 gallons o minute.
Ro5t. O'Neili. one of the many sub
~ststial farmers of the James river waller
in Yankton county. has twenty aores
Gown 20 wheat at this early day.
The vacation of the city schools hes
been extended one week longer, making
four weeks in all. This postpones the
opening of the schools until the 29th
inst.
The lncorporators of the Yankton
Sioux Falls and Nebraska railroad COM
pany meet at Major Hanson's Office this
evening at eight o'clock and o full at.
tendance is asked.
An order for twenty-three United
States grand jurors to appear on the 9th
of April and tor thirty five petit jurors
to appear on the 7th of April was issued
by Judge Trip last week.
The day. made sacred to Ireland's
patron saint has been quietly observed
among the Catholics of our city and
this evening they will assemble at their
church to further honor the anniversary,
There are more outsiders in town look.
ing up property to buy to-day than on
any dey Since the real estate excitement
began. A number of important deals
with these parties are partially COM
pleted.
Rev, Mr.. Redmond, of the Catholic
church, will lecture in TIE church this
evening and an elegant supper will be
served in the Sacred Heart school room
by the Sacred Heart temperance and
literary society.
@. Il. Bergen and E. w. Fletcher, Of
Sioux City, bought to-day, through
O'Brien's agency, of FL. E. and l.. M
Jencks, lots ten, eleven. twelve, fourteen
and fifteen of block twelve, north Of
Yankton college, for $3.50.
The first session of the Dakota legis'
%latuIe assembled at Yankton on Monday
March 17rh, 1S62-twenty-tive years age
this morning. 1t was a small, but re.
spectacle body of pioneer statesman and
not much given to appropriations.
Ed Smith, who has been confined il
the Yankton county jail for two month";
to await the action of the grand jury or
charge Of petit larceny, was taken te
Mitchell on q subpoena this morning.
Smith knows something about o case OF
burglary in Mitchell.
Burns g. Bruce to-day sold seven city
lots and a quarter section in Yankter
county and await the return of the
transfer papers from nonresident owners
before making public the names of pur.
chasers and sellers. In each instance
forfeit binds the bargain.
A Sioux City man on his first visit tt
Yankton left a forfeit for three Thousand
dollars with Judge Roberts. this after
noon for Yankton lots. The deeds hay,
been sent away for the signature OF thu
nonresident owner and as soon as they
are returned the sales and the name
will be made public.
A man named Parker shot one of II
B. Murphy's bird dogs with an cir gul
Yesterday afternoon, while the dog WA
following MIR. Murphy's youngest daugh
ter on Broadway. The animal was mad
a cripple for life and MIR. Murphy be
came SO enraged over the affair that h.
interviewed Mr.. Parker on the subject
and Mr.. Parker was somewhat injured ii
the encounter.
The election OF the municipal ticke
nominated by the business mems com
mittee will ensure to Ysnkton the electri
light. All the projectors of this enter
prise are waiting for is o council tina
will grant a charter. It is noticeabl
chat the only person making much shoy
of opposition to the business men,
ticket is the man who defeated til
electric light project last fall by diotat
ing three of the opposition votes.
The county clerks of Yankton an
Clay counties met at the court hous
this forenoon at ten o'clock to open th
bids for the long drainage ditch whic
is to be constructed in Yankton an
, CLAY counties. An adjournment VIC
taken until 3 p. NJ, at which time ope
bids for the work by allotments were re
ceived. The bidders we're N. Morgal
of Yankton, and H. J. Austin, of Vermi
lion. At four O'Clock the bidding WE
! still in progress.
Judge Brookings speaks positively j
relation TO the coming of the DuIut
road. He also manifests symptoms
acquiring some Yankton property. A
he once possessed in this city has bee
disposed of, but our prospects Undue
him to buy.again. The iadge has som
thing to say about the value OF ADVERT
j, ing which strikes the newspaper man
sound. His conclusions On that subJe
are the result of experience and he
= one OF the heaviest real estate adve
4 tisers IN Sioux Pals.
Ia the little court disturbance at Ri
marck, outside OF the legislature, M
q Smith had to contend with the Milwa
y kes railroad company, fatty Edward
and "the gsng'i-otherwise, the worl
the flesh and the devil. The whole @
il Doodle turned themselves lose like